Washing-machine.



Patented Mar. I3,V`

J. s. wlLson. WASHING MACHINE.

(Applicacinn mea sept. 11, leash (No Model.) Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE?.-

.IOSIII S. WILSON, OF LANARK, ILLINOIS.

WASHING- MACHINE.

sPncIFIcA'rroN forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,157, dated March 1e, i900.

Application led September 11,1899. Serial No. 730,073. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, zit may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH S. WILSON, a

, citizen of the'United States of America, re-

siding at Lanark, in the county of Carroll and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to certain improvements in washing-machines designed for the purpose of obtaining greater efficiency, ease in operation, durability, and simplicity.

To such end it consistsl in certain novel characteristics below described and the essential features of which are pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a complete machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical diametrical section in line 2 2 of Fig. 3, but showing the entire machine. Fig. 3 is aplan of the middle portion of the top of the cover with certain operating parts located thereon. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of one of the washing-funnels, taken in line 4 lof Fig. 5; and Fig. 5 is a vertical diametrical section of said funnel.

Referring to the drawings, A is a suitable tub supported upon legs a and provided with a cover c', the cover being removably hinged to the tub by means of a concave lug o?, adapted to hook into a stirrup d3. An ordinary hasp and staple co4 secures the opposite side of the cover. Upon the center of the cover is secured a bearing-plate co5, in the center of which is pivoted a revolving standard B, made up of two preferably symmetrical parts b b', secured together, as by bolts b2, and embracing between them a vertically-reciprocating plunger-rod C and an oscillating segment D, the plunger-rod being guided vertically in the standard and being provided with teeth c, meshing with teeth d upon the segment. A handle E is adjustably secured to the segment by means of three holes e e e3 and two bolts e4 e5, the bolt e4 being passed through the hole 'e and the bolt e5 through either one of the holes e es, according to the position desired for the handle. The standard B has oppositely-projecting legs b3 b4, resting upon the margin of the' plate 0,5 to

take the strain of the handle off of the bearing in the plate. The standard is secured against upward movement by means of a collar b5, fastened to the standard below the plate by means of a set-screw b?. The por.- tion of the rod O which extends through the standard is preferably of such shape and cross-section as to make it non-rotatable in the standard, so as to keep the teeth of the rod in proper relation to those of the segment. Upon the bottom of the rod is secured a spider F, having a boss f embracing the rod and secured thereto by means of a set-screw f. Each arm of the spider bears a pounder Gr, consisting of a hollow cone g, secured to the arm f2 of the spider by means of a tube g',

said tube extending down into the cone and being connected therewith at the bottom by means of a partition g2. Below this partition is an inverted-cone-shaped wall g4, daring at the top g5 and uniting with the conical part g. Between the wall g5 and the partition g2 is a valve H, having a stem h extending up into the tube g and centering the valve over the opening below.

In operation the clothing is placed in the bottom ofthe tub and the pounders brought down upon it, suficient water being present for the proper cleansing of the clothing. The oscillation of the handle E moves the pounders downward and upward, forcing the water through the clothing and effectually removing all dirt therefrom.

Upon the outside of the tub are a series of sockets I, in which are placed the downwardly-turned ends of two brackets J, em-

bracing between thema bar K, adapted for the support lof a wringer.

Theabove description is specific as to the construction shown; but it is not my intention to limitfthe invention absolutely thereto.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In -a washing-machine, the combination with a suitable tub and cover, of a revolving standard mounted upon the cover, a vertically-reciprocating rod guided in the standard, a series of pounders supported. by the bottom of the rod, a segment pivoted in the standard, intermeshing teeth upon the rod and segment and a suitable handle for oseilthe rod and segment adapted to mesh with lating the segment to reciprocate the rod; each other and a handle for oscillating the substantially as described. segment; substantially as described. 15 2. The combination with a suitable tub and In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 5 cover, of a bearing-'plate upon the cover, a hand at Lanark, in the county of Carroll and standard, vertically pivoted in the bearing- State of Illinois, this 1st day of September, A. plate and having arms adapted to rest upon D. 1899. v the latter to take the strain from the bearing, a rod vertically and non-rotatably guided in x zo the standard, a spider upon the rod, a series Witnesses:

of Washing-funnels upon the spider, a seg- LEON COGSWELL, ment pivoted upon the standard, teeth upon WM. N. GLEMMER.

JesIAH s. WILSON. 

